Prime Vitali Klitschko vs Tyson Fury

['b']

I'm not one of those guys that suck off the older fighters to seem more intelligent/knowledgeable/superior to others and I don't look at things through rose-tinted glasses and nostalgia...a perk of not idolising any man, only God and his prophets. I will say Fury beats most HW champions in history but I'd favour Lennox over him, and quite possibly a prime Wlad and Vitali.

[Kezzer]

I personally thought Wladimir would’ve beaten fury in a rematch. I would back Virali to beat him too.

Could fury win on his day? Of course. But I would put him as the underdog

[Kezzer]

I'm a Gypsy King fan but he's given too many accolades because of his last fight. Otherwise his career doesn't really say much. Few heavyweights from any era could beat Vitali. Certainly not Fury.

The point on his career is key. He has beaten Klitschko on points and had a draw + win against wilder.

Then it’s a huge step down to fights against Chisora.


Longer term for fury to be considered up there he needs to take on multiple other opponents in a similar way to how AJ has been. He still has time to do it but it’s really hard to argue for him against the legendary fighters as it stands

[Truth Bringer]

Vitali beats the shyt out of him

[PRINCEKOOL]

Vitali Kiltschko had greater hand speed, better endurance, and was more durable 'A very awkward defense, primarily a extremely violent offensively minded fighter' who more importantly? Could punch correctly i.e straight punches, short punches, hooks and from range etc

Vitali kiltschko wins.

[deathofaclown]

Fury schools him. Far too good.

Vitali dined out on having a good four rounds against an out of shape Lewis before getting his face caved in and stopped, the rest of his resume is bums and he quit against Byrd when things got tough. Lots of fighters have fought on with that injury but he asked to be pulled out.

He wouldn’t have the skills or minerals to beat Fury.

[deathofaclown]

The point on his career is key. He has beaten Klitschko on points and had a draw + win against wilder.

Then it’s a huge step down to fights against Chisora.


Longer term for fury to be considered up there he needs to take on multiple other opponents in a similar way to how AJ has been. He still has time to do it but it’s really hard to argue for him against the legendary fighters as it stands

Chisora is one of Vitali’s best wins and that was after Fury already took Chisora’s 0

Vitali’s resume is garbage when it comes to quality wins.

[Bunch Pag]

Vitali for me was always the better of the brothers.. shame injuries did him over..

Been a nice fight, I couldn't call the result of Fury now but I'd confidently say Vitali takes the Fury that Vlad fought to the cleaners..

[JakeTheBoxer]

Vitali was a great warrior, but he fought very poor competition. He fought a true ATG elite hw only once and lost by stoppage. Maybe he would have even more losses if he fought Holyfield, Mike Tyson and other guys that were still around?

Whatever, this fight would be 50 -50.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Just to clarify.

You don't think Vitali was ahead prior to being stopped?

I had him 4-2 in front. I don’t really think that fight tells us much about how he’d fare against Fury though.

Lewis was what 6 ft 5? Fury has completely different dimensions.

I’m not saying Fury is greater than Lewis but I just think it’s a far tougher matchup stylistically for Vitali.

If Fury boxes off the back foot, employing the same strategy he used to beat Wlad, I just don’t think Vitali has the speed, skill or tools to deal with that.